The Radical Therapist

By Chris Hoff PhD(c), LMFTSociety & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health Philosophy

The Radical Therapist episodes

January 13, 2020 The Radical Therapist #072 – Critical Suicidology w/ Dr. Jennifer White
In episode #072 Chris meets with Dr. Jennifer White and they discuss suicide, critical suicidology, and alternative approaches to suicide prevention that are creative, socially just, and culturally responsive.

The link to the critical suicide studies website https://criticalsuicidology.net/what-is-critical-suicidology/

Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT
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28 min
October 20, 2019 The Radical Therapist #071 – Narrative and Forgiveness w/ Dr. Molly Andrews
In episode #071 Chris and Dr. Molly Andrews, the co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research at the University of East London, discuss the politics of forgiveness, and explore the relationship between narrative, apology, and time, and the moral and ethical boundaries between them.

Website: Centre for Narrative Research

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50 min
October 06, 2019 The Radical Therapist #070 – Why Mental Health Professionals Can’t Admit They Are Wrong w/ Dr. Chris Hoff
In episode #070 Chris discusses how contemporary strategies to repair therapeutic relationships suggest being open to hearing complaints from our clients, and not to be defensive in doing so. But these strategies do not take into account the power differential in the therapist client relationship. He also theorizes on what gets in the way of mental health professionals admitting they are wrong.

Rupture and Repair in the Therapeutic Relationship: https://vimeo.com/346505005

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12 min
September 23, 2019 The Radical Therapist #069 – McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality w/ Dr. Ron Purser
In episode #069 Chris meets with Dr. Ron Purser and they explore his critique of the “mindfulness revolution,” discuss how neoliberalism has infiltrated mindfulness and has influenced self-professed progressives, and how to liberate mindfulness from the grip of capitalism.
Ron's Website: https://www.ronpurser.com/
Mindful Cranks Podcast: http://www.mindfulcranks.com/

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49 min
August 26, 2019 The Radical Therapist #068 – Dancing with Death w/ Dr. Lorraine Hedtke
In episode #068 Chris meets with Dr. Lorraine Hedtke and they discuss how grief is frequently thought of as an ordeal we must simply survive. In this episode Dr. Hedtke offers a fresh approach to the negotiation of death and grief, founded in principles of constructive conversation and narrative practices that focuses on "remembering" lives, in contrast to processes of forgetting or dismembering those who have died.

Lorraine's Website - Remembering Practices

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56 min
August 19, 2019 The Radical Therapist #067 – What Does it Mean to be a Common Factors Informed Family Therapist? w/ Dr. Sean Davis
In episode #067 Chris meets with Dr. Sean Davis and they discuss how the common factors paradigm in couple and family therapy has gained popularity over the past several decades, a case for the designation of a “common factors informed family therapist,” and they examine the six core principles that characterize this designation.

Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT
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54 min
July 22, 2019 The Radical Therapist #066 – selfcarefully w/ Erin Segal and Gracy Obuchowicz
In episode #066 Chris meets with Erin Segal from Thick Press and Gray Obuchowicz and they discuss their latest release selfcarefully; which is a different kind of self-help book, an artistic collaboration between an author, a graphic designer, a printer, and a small press. selfcarefully is about caring for oneself in a rocky world, in the context of one’s interconnectedness.
Thick Press Website
Gracy's Website

Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT
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35 min
July 14, 2019 The Radical Therapist #065 – Radical Presence: Alternatives to the Therapeutic State w/ Dr. Sheila McNamee
In episode #065 Chris meets with Dr. Sheila McNamee and they discuss her work around radical presence as an alternative to the current therapeutic state (or psy-complex) within which we live today. And how Radical presence challenges us to confront the dominance of psychological discourses which define, control, and limit the ways in which we live.

Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT
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44 min
June 12, 2019 The Radical Therapist #064 – Undercover Anti-Bullying Teams w/ Michelle Myers & Stephanie Fletcher
In episode #064 Chris meets with Michelle Myers and Stephanie Fletcher to discuss Undercover Anti-Bullying Teams, a targeted, non-punitive, restorative process that calls forth peer influence to transform the bullying relation in a short time-frame.

Google link to Undercover Anti-Bullying Team (UABT) Resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9h-COSR565udnBXZTJ6Y0JhVms?usp=sharing

Contact Info:
Stephanie Fletcher: [email protected]
Michelle Myers: [email protected]

Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT
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45 min
May 06, 2019 The Radical Therapist #063 – The Hearing Voices Network w/ Kelly Waterman
In episode #063 Chris meets with Kelly Waterman who is a co-facilitator and member of the Hearing Voices Network (HVN). They discuss Kelly’s insider perspective of the Hearing Voices Network and her challenges with our mental health systems and her hopes for change.
Hearing Voices Network USA
Gail Hornstein
Western Mass Recovery Learning Community
Eleanor Longden's TED Talk

Chris Hoff PhD, LMFT
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Email: [email protected]
45 min

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